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September 10, 2008

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Headlines from September 10, 2008

Learning to Share

By David Cay Johnston

Parents may fear discussing who’s getting what of the family fortune. But not discussing it can be worse.

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For Better, for Worse, for Richer, for Pasta

By Kim Severson

Marcella Hazan’s husband, Victor, who has written every word of English in her cookbooks, has created the ultimate translation: her memoir, written by him in her voice.

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Naming Rights and Historical Wrongs

By Richard Sandomir

The Giants and the Jets face moral and public-relations questions as they negotiate possible naming rights to their new stadium with a company with disturbing connections to Nazi Germany.

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Across Country, New Challenges to Term Limits

By David W. Chen and Michael Barbaro

A decade after adopting rules to oust politicians, many local governments are considering a reversal.

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Boeing’s Strong Results Alter Strike Dynamics

By Micheline Maynard

In struggling industries like automobiles and airlines, the bargaining power of unions has been limited by the weak positions of their employers. By contrast, Boeing is strong.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 10, 2008, covering September 10, 2008.

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All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
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Peak
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LAX
The Game
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3
Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock
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Peak
1
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A Little Bit Longer
Jonas Brothers
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Mamma Mia!
Soundtrack
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Notable Deaths

2008Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1929)^[†]

Gérald A. Beaudoin was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.

2008Vernon Handley, English conductor (born 1930)^[†]

Vernon George "Tod" Handley was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers.

Historical Events

2008The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.^[†]

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) between 1998 and 2008, in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists, and hundreds of universities and laboratories across more than 100 countries. It lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres (17 mi) in circumference and as deep as 175 metres (574 ft) beneath the France–Switzerland border near Geneva.

Historical Context for September 10, 2008

In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people^[†]

Headlines from September 10, 2008

Learning to Share

For Better, for Worse, for Richer, for Pasta

Naming Rights and Historical Wrongs

Across Country, New Challenges to Term Limits

Boeing’s Strong Results Alter Strike Dynamics

All Hope Is Gone

LAX

Rock N Roll Jesus

A Little Bit Longer

Mamma Mia!

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for September 10, 2008